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Accession Number | 014000 |
Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white |
Physical description | Black & white |
Maker |
Silk, George |
Place made | New Guinea1: Papua New Guinea, Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Buna Area |
Date made | 7 January 1943 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
GIROPA POINT, PAPUA. AUSTRALIAN MANNED GENERAL STUART M3 TANKS ATTACK JAPANESE PILLBOXES IN THE ...
Description
GIROPA POINT, PAPUA. AUSTRALIAN MANNED GENERAL STUART M3 TANKS ATTACK JAPANESE PILLBOXES IN THE FINAL ASSAULT ON BUNA. AMID SHELL TORN COCONUT TREES, A MORTAR CREW FROM D COMPANY, 2/12TH BATTALION, CROUCHES BESIDE A TANK AND FIRES ON JAPANESE TROOPS 150 YARDS AWAY WHO ARE FLEEING FROM A SMASHED PILLBOX. THEY ARE SERGEANT J. CONDON (LEFT) AND LANCE CORPORAL J. TINSLEY, WITH A 2 INCH MORTAR. THIS PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN DURING THE ACTUAL FIGHTING AND HAS THE TANK NUMBER, 7, OBLITERATED BY THE CENSOR.